Minera

Minera
View from Minera Mountain of the western end of the village
Map of the community.
Minera is located in Wrexham
Minera
Minera
Location within Wrexham
Population1,617 (2011)
OS grid referenceSJ267518
Community
  • Minera
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWREXHAM
Postcode districtLL11
Dialling code01978
PoliceNorth Wales
FireNorth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Wrexham
53°03′32″N 3°05′35″W / 53.059°N 3.093°W / 53.059; -3.093

Minera (Welsh: Mwynglawdd;[1] Welsh pronunciation) is a village and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It adjoins the village of Coedpoeth.

The community, which in addition to Minera village includes a number of smaller hamlets such as Gwynfryn and New Brighton and large areas of farmland, had a total population of 1,608 at the 2001 census,[2] increasing slightly to 1,617 at the 2011 Census.[3]

  1. ^ Mwynglawdd is recommended by the Welsh Language Commissioner, sometimes the Welsh definite article "Y" is included as "Y Mwynglawdd"."Standardised Welsh Place names". www.welshlanguagecommissioner.wales. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  2. ^ Minera, Office for National Statistics
  3. ^ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 19 November 2015.